February---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 2 Dragon Qualification Unit Falcon 9Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station,
Florida,
USA test launch; first flight of the Falcon 9 ,
Launch site: SLC-40
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will make its maiden launch on a demonstration
mission. The mission will carry the qualification unit for SpaceX's Dragon
spacecraft, which the company plans to fly on resupply missions to the
International Space Station. Delayed from Nov. 29. [Nov. 12]

February Dnepr • Prisma & Picard
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Yasny, Russia
An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket will launch the Sweden's Prisma demonstration
mission,
including two satellites that will rendezvous and fly in formation using new and
inexpensive
technologies. The French space agency's Picard satellite will also launch to
study the sun. [Dec. 29]

February Proton • Glonass
Launch window: TBD
Launch site:
Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Russian government Proton rocket will launch a trio of spacecraft for the
Glonass satellite
navigation constellation. Delayed from September and October. [Oct. 21]

March Sich 2, NigeriaSat 2, NX Dnepr 1
Baikonur
Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
March Unamsat 3 Dnepr 1
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will launch Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite P, or GOES P, for NASA and NOAA. The weather satellite
will orbit 22,300 miles above the planet to monitor conditions across the U.S.
The rocket will fly in the Medium+ (4,2) configuration with two solid rocket
boosters. Moved up from March 4. [Nov. 29]